The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 24, 1911, Page 2, Image 2
HEINOUS CRIME
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Attempt Made to Ass
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?= St. George, Aug. 15.?This town
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IS in a iever ui cauiclucui,
following an attempt at criminal assault
by a negro, it is supposed, od
the person of a well-known and highly
respected white woman. While
the assailant failed to accomplish
his purpose, he succeeded in inflictIing
severe and painful injuries on
his victim, having struck her in the
mouth several times, causing the
blood to flow. In endeavoring to escape
she stumbled over the furniture
in the darkened room, from which
she sustained painful bruises.
The party who is suspected of the
crime is being sought by the sheriff
and many citizens, if caught and identified,
it is hardly possible that lynching
can be prevented, although the
sheriff will do everything possible to
protect his prisoner.
About 10:30 o'clock to-night a man
entered the bed room of the victim
I". V of the affair. The lady was asleep,
||f; but states that she was awakened by
||p-N feeling some one clutching at her
throat.
Screaming, in an effort to give an
alarm, she was struck three times in
|f<V the mouth, but no doubt fearing that
others had heard the noise, the asgfeV.
sailant immediately ran. The residence
is located in a principal part
of the town, just one block from the
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Many people reached the scene, in
answer to the woman's cries of dis,
tress, but not before her assailant
had left.
A strange negro who has been in
this town but a short while, was seen
''hanging around" the premises today
by several people and this party,
whose name cannot be learned, is
' now being sought, but it is not expected
that the guilty one will be
caught until after the arrival on the
scene of Dorchester county's bloodhounds,
which have been sent for,
L>t:mg Witii LUC Luaiu gciug ai/uui
^ seven or eight miles from town.
Later.?The negro suspect, Clinton
Glover, has been arrested and lodgBfe
ed in jail, but positive proof that he
gfey is the man wanted is, so far lacking,
life' The bloodhounds have not reached
here.
SHERIFF ELUDES MOB.
Was Followed by Determined Men
After Prisoner.
St. George, Aug. 16.?Pursued by
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Owens this afternoon eluded the mob
that sought to wreak its vengeance
upon the negro, Clinton Grover, who
was arrested here Tuesday night following
an attack upon a prominent
Wioman, and by driving many miles
out of his way to mislead the mob,
* succeeded in safely landing his prisoner
in the Charleston county jail,
where he is held for safekeeping.
Excitement has been running high
here since the attack of Tuesday
, night and Sheriff Owens yesterday
telephoned the governor's office, stating
that he deemed it unsafe for the
prisoner to be kept in the St. George
- jail, and asking for instructions as to
what course to pursue. The governor's
secretary, in the absence of Gov.
Blease, advised Sheriff Owens to car
Iry the prisoner to the State penitentiary
in Columbia.
Sheriff Owens, with his prisoner securely
handcuffed, left here in a buggy
at 3 o'clock this afternoon, but
the news had spread that he would
start toward Columbia, and shortly
afterwards two dozen men, heavily
armed and determined, followed on
the road they thought the sheriff had
taken. Instead of going toward Columbia,
however, the sheriff with his
prisoner turned off the 'road and
made toward Reidville, where he took
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o'clock, having ridden in roundabout
ways for about four hours.
Arriving in Charleston the negro
was turned over to the officials there,
and a message was received here tonight
stating that the prisoner was
safe. Up to a late hour to-night the
mob that left here this afternoon had
not returned to St. George and it is
supposed that it is still looking for
the sheriff and his prisoner.
Will Ask Special Term.
Sheriff Owens to-day attempted tc
communicate with Solicitor Hildebrand
in an effort to get a special
term of court to try the negro. It
was his belief that a speedy trial
would have a tendency to discourage
the wreaking of summary vengeance.
The solicitor, however, is spending
some time at Glenn Springs, and
could not be reached,
fe Bloodhounds Put on Trail.
The bloodhounds from the county
chain gang reached the scene of the
crime about 2 o'clock this morning,
yhich was little less than three
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ault Respectable White
Trailed With Blood
Lodged in Jail.
l| hours after the occurrence. There
, was some delay due to the fact that
one of the automobiles had to be supi
plied with gasoline before the return
trip could be made. The dogs were
> immediately carried near the window
l from which the suspect leaped after
having been frightened by the
l screams of the woman. Little diffii
culty was had in getting the trail,
> which led by a circuitous route to
the home of the negro, who had been ,
> previously apprehended and lodged ,
i in the county jail. After having
reached the home of the negro the .
f dogs then trailed to the jail where
: the negro had been previously taken.
The sheriff would not open the doors ]
of the jail for the dogs to enter because
of the possibility that the negro
would fall into unofficial hands
and be roughly dealt with.
The woman who was attacked was .
not seriously injured and beyond th? !
natural nervousness has about recov- .
J
ered. The excitement has cooled .
down to a considerable degree. (
Safe in Charleston Jail.
Charleston, Aug. 16. ? Clinton
Glover, the negro charged with the
attempted assault upon a white woman
at St. George, was brought to ]
Charleston to-night for safekeeping j
by Sheriff Owens, of Dorchester. <
The governor had authorized Sher- ]
iff Owens to take the negro to Colum- \
bia. Sheriff Owens got" word that a j
mob would attempt to take the pris- <
oner between Dorchester and Colum- j
bia, however, and he brought him to ;
Charleston instead without trouble. ]
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Wanted in Orangeburg.
Orangeburg, Aug. 16.?Sheriff Sal- i
ley to-day notified the sheriff of Dor- i
Chester county to hold the- negro, 1
riintrm fiinv*>r who has been arrest- ]
ed at St. George and charged with at- 1
tempted assault upon a prominent 1
white woman of that town. Glover is i
thought by the local authorities to be }
the negro wanted here for grand lar- 1
ceny. If Glover is not the negro <
wanted at St. George he will be ?
brought to this city. '*
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Policeman's Slayer.
Coatesville, Pa., Aug. 14.-?No arrests
have been made yet in connection
with the lynching of Zack Walker,
who was dragged on a bed to be
burned alive on the outskirts of the
town. The authorities of Chester
county to-night, it is said, are in possession
of a list of about 30 names
of men who are alleged to have been
the ringleaders of the mob. Warrants,
if any are issued, will not be
sworn out until the investigation has
been completed.
Borough, county and State officials
are uniting in an effort to bring
the leaders- of the mob to justice, but S
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citizens of the city are involved and <
arrests will not be hastily made. <
Resolutions were adopted at a speci- 1
al meeting of the borough council
to-night deploring the outrage, also
resolutions by the Business Men's 1
Association.
Acting upon the request of Sheriff !
Golder Capt. John C. Groome order- <
ed Capt. Wilhelm and 19 troopers to
proceed to Coatesville at once. This ?
squad left Pootsville at 7 p. m. and
reached here before midnight. Sher- '
iff Golder and District Attorney Rob- !
ert S. Gawthorpe, of West Chester, f
to-day put Howe, the policeman, who
was on guard at Walker's bedside
when the mob arrived, and a colored
hospital attendant through a severe
examination. In his statement Howe
; said that a signal was given in front
of the hospital by a pistol being fired.
Then a brick was thrown through a
window and then the rush occurred.
1 "I was overpowered at once and
' could do nothing against the odds,"
' he said.
Everything is quiet here to-night.
' Mrs. Annie Rice, widow of the murdered
policeman, to-day declared that
| Walker had got just what he deserved.
Tener Talks of double.
* Philadelphia, Aug. 14.?Gov. Tener,
while here to-night en route to
Baltimore, declared that those re'
sponsible for last night's mob violence
at Coatesville must be prose1
cuted, and that if the local authorities
failed to promptly take action
against the ringleaders a special investigation
would be ordered by him.
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CONTINUE MEAL INVESTIGATION
Inspectors Gather Samples in Many
South Carolina Towns.
Columbia, Aug. 17.?With two inspectors
in the city of Columbia, and
three in other portions of the State,
all busily engaged in taking and
sending in to the laboratories samples
of corn meal now being sold for
human food, it is evident that a most
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determined campaign is wen under
way to eliminate from South Carolina
the spoiled and highly dangerous
meal, which, it is believed has
been sold in large quantities. In
addition to these five inspectors, a
special man left at 7 o'clock this
morning for other States, where he
will examine into the source of the
supply of this meal.
Prosecution May Result.
"Inspectors to-day," said Commissioner
E. J. Watson, "are taking
samples of corn meal in every retail,
wholesale and distributing house in
Columbia, and sending them to the
laboratories." Wherever spoiled corn
meal has been found, orders have
been immediately given, withdrawing
it from sale, pending a nnai determination
of what action will be taken
with regard to the sellers and manufacturers.
This final action will depend
to a large extent, it is stated,
upon the report of the inspector, who
is investigating the factories from
from which the impure stuff was sent
out. If it is found that spoiled corn
was used as a basis of manufacture,
it is possible that some prosecutions
will follow.
Only Recently Discovered.
The fact that spoiled corn meal
has been sold throughout the State
in large quantities, was certainly discovered
only quite recently. Commissioner
Watson received a day or
iwo ago reports from the chemical
analysis of samples of corn meal,
which had been taken by inspectors
in eleven points in the State. These
analysis all showed that the acidity
ran far above the normal and safe
limits.
Since these first 11 samples came
in, the inspectors have been taking
jamples promiscuously tnrougnout
:he State, and the laboratories are
kept busy analyzing them. When
the report is received, and shows
;he meal .to be unsafe, orders are being
given which will prohibit the sale
any corn meal goods in that particular
store manufactured by the
jompany whose goods have thus been
shown to be unsafe for use. Thus
i large portion of the stock is tied
lp in each of the communities where
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Acidity Too High.
Meal showing a high percentage
:>f acidity, and therefore unfit for
!ood, has been found at Union, Ches:er,
Clinton, Ninety-Six, Bath, Bates3urg,
Calhoun Falls, Lancaster and
Columbia. Samples from a number
)f other points have been received
ilso, and are now being examined,
[t is stated that a large lot came in
:his morning from towns in the Piednont
section. Nothing can be learned
for several days as to the result
)f the investigation in Columbia, al;hough
some bad meal has been
:ound here already.
The normal acidity for good corn
neal is 14 or 15 per cent. In meal
vhere the acidity runs higher than
10 per cent., it is stated, the stuff is
mfit for use. Of a large lot of spoiled
meal the percentage varied all
:he way from 32 per cent, to 60 and
aigher.
Manufactured Outside State.
All of the meal which has been
found to be spoiled, it is stated, has
been manufactured outside of this
State. There is a heavy penalty fixad
both by the State laws and by the
Federal laws prohibiting the sale of
r?nm meal unfit for use, and the mat
ter is a very serious one, indeed,
with the manufacturers of other
States who have been thus sending
spoiled meal into this State for sale.
Evidence is carefully being compiled
by the department of agriculture,
commerce and industries, and if
prosecution is brought this will all
be brought into action.
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A special from Seattle, Washington,
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center of which measures 42 inches
across, with 12-inch petals, making
the total diameter of the sunflower
bloom 66 inches, or five and a half
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from this well and reached the abnormal
size of nearly three feet. It
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HUGHES SHOOTS HUGHES,
j Laurens Man in Difficulty, Cause of
Which is Unexplained.
Laurens, Aug. 16.?Boyce Hughes,
a member of a well-known family of
this county, is in jail, charged with
shooting Lawrence Hughes. The
two Hughes are not related. As to
the cause of the difficulty, neither
j will say anything, Boyce Hughes only
saying that "he had it to do." No
| steps have been taken to have a
preliminary hearing or to apply tor
bail, as it is not yet known how serious
the wounds ' of Lawrence
Hughes will prove.
According to the story, as gathered
from relatives and others, Boyce
Hughes and Lawrence Hughes left
their homes Saturday night, both of
them leaving their wives at the home
of Lawrence Hughes. Going to some
fraternal meeting they returned
early Sunday morning about 4
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o ciock ana passea uy mwicuuc
Hughes's house and continued to
Boyce's house. Here the shooting
took place, a shotgun being used.
Boyce Hughes then put the wounded
man in his buggy and carried him to
Lawrence Hughes's father, Mr. Jeff
Hughes, where he still remains. He
then returned to the home of Lawrence
Hughes and told what he had
done and took his wife and returned
to his home. Sunday afternoon
Sheriff Owings went out after him
in his buggy and brought him back
to Laurens, no resistance being offered.
Boyce Hughes is about 22 years
of age and Lawrence Hughes is about
30 years of age. The affair is greatly
deplored by the relatives and
friends of the two men and their
families.
SEABOARD SHOPS BURNED.
Railroad Sustains .Loss 01 $iuu,uuu
at Savannah.
Savannah, Aug. 18.?Failure of
the water supply was responsible for
most of the loss, early to-night, when
fire swept through the shops of the
Seaboard Air,Line Railway, levelling
the machine shops, round house and
blacksmith shops. Firemen were
helpless soon after the fire started,
and the blaze practically burnt as it
willed for an hour. The fire started
in the blacksmith shops. The total
loss probably is $100,000. Engines
in the house were saved, but all the
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wrecked.
Four hundred men are thrown out
of employment. Work will be transferred
to Americus, Ga., and Jacksonville,
Fla., shops for the present.
RACES CLASH IX GEORGIA.
Three Killed, Following Slaying of
Town Marshal.
Donaldsonville, Ga., Aug. 18.?
Three negroes, members of a party
of blacks who barricaded themselves
in a house and fired upon a party of
^rViUnn Traro Ullad of Talfifi T?!arlv
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county, this afternoon and further
clashes are feared.
A race riot of serious proportions
has followed the killing of Marshal
Newberry, Tuesday night at Jakin.
Thoroughly aroused over the murder
of the officer, people have burned
a number of negro lodge buildings,
school houses and churches.
All business at Jakin is suspended,
and white families are remaining at
their homes fearing further trouble.
It is understood that the sheriff of
the county is having difficulty in controlling
the situation. The whites
are angry because the negroes refuse
to tell the whereabouts of West, the
negro alleged to have killed Marshal
Newberry. It is claimed, that the negroes
are arming themselves. Rumors
are current that the governor
will be asked to order out the State
militia to preserve order.
May Take Action on Hosiery Mill.
Solicitor Cobb said last week that
he had reached a decision with reference
-to bringing a suit to abolish the
hosiery mill at the State penitentiary.
He was instructed several weeks ago
to institute proceedings in the Richland
county court by the governor to
abolish what the chief executive
termed a "common nuisance." Since
that time he has had the matter under
consideration.
"What action will you take in the
matter?" Solicitor Cobb was asked.
"I will make an announcement at
(the proper time," was his reply. It
is generally believed that Solicitor
Cobb will submit the entire matter to
the Richland county grand jury at
the next term of court and ask that
a thorough investigation of the mill
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The hoard of directors refused to
abolish the mill because they found,
that the mill was not a death trap as
stated. The State board of health
found that it had no right to abolish
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